Physical and Functional Constraints on Viable Belowground Acquisition Strategies

Mechanical traits of fine roots as a function of topology and anatomy

(2018) Zhun Mao et al.   ANNALS OF BOTANY

Costs of acquiring phosphorus by vascular land plants: patterns and implications for plant coexistence

(2018) John A. Raven et al.   NEW PHYTOLOGIST

Evolutionary history of mycorrhizal symbioses and global host plant diversity

(2018) Mark C. Brundrett et al.   NEW PHYTOLOGIST

The timescale of early land plant evolution

(2018) Jennifer L. Morris et al.   PROCEEDINGS OF THE NATIONAL ACADEMY OF SCIENCES OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA

Logarithmic scales in ecological data presentation may cause misinterpretation

(2018) Duncan N. L. Menge et al.   Nature Ecology & Evolution

Evolutionary history resolves global organization of root functional traits

(2018) Zeqing Ma et al.   NATURE

How are nitrogen availability, fine‐root mass, and nitrogen uptake related empirically? Implications for models and theory

(2018) Ray Dybzinski et al.   GLOBAL CHANGE BIOLOGY

Quantifying the contribution of mass flow to nitrogen acquisition by an individual plant root

(2017) Ross E. McMurtrie et al.   NEW PHYTOLOGIST

A global Fine-Root Ecology Database to address below-ground challenges in plant ecology

(2017) Colleen M. Iversen et al.   NEW PHYTOLOGIST

Diverse belowground resource strategies underlie plant species coexistence and spatial distribution in three grasslands along a precipitation gradient

(2017) Hongbo Li et al.   NEW PHYTOLOGIST

High abundance of non-mycorrhizal plant species in severely phosphorus-impoverished Brazilian campos rupestres

(2017) Graham Zemunik et al.   PLANT AND SOIL

Root dynamics and survival in a nutrient-poor and species-rich woodland under a drying climate

(2017) François P. Teste et al.   PLANT AND SOIL

Root Branching Is a Leading Root Trait of the Plant Economics Spectrum in Temperate Trees

(2017) Rebecca Liese et al.   Frontiers in Plant Science

Trait variation and integration across scales: is the leaf economic spectrum present at local scales?

(2016) Julie Messier et al.   ECOGRAPHY

Mycorrhizal fungi and roots are complementary in foraging within nutrient patches

(2016) Lei Cheng et al.   ECOLOGY

Root traits are multidimensional: specific root length is independent from root tissue density and the plant economic spectrum

(2016) Kris R. Kramer-Walter et al.   JOURNAL OF ECOLOGY

Root structure-function relationships in 74 species: evidence of a root economics spectrum related to carbon economy

(2016) Catherine Roumet et al.   NEW PHYTOLOGIST

Life span and structure of ephemeral root modules of different functional groups from a desert system

(2016) Bo Liu et al.   NEW PHYTOLOGIST

Towards a multidimensional root trait framework: a tree root review

(2016) Monique Weemstra et al.   NEW PHYTOLOGIST

Below-ground frontiers in trait-based plant ecology

(2016) Etienne Laliberté   NEW PHYTOLOGIST

Modelling the influence of ectomycorrhizal decomposition on plant nutrition and soil carbon sequestration in boreal forest ecosystems

(2016) Preetisri Baskaran et al.   NEW PHYTOLOGIST

Root morphology and mycorrhizal symbioses together shape nutrient foraging strategies of temperate trees

(2016) Weile Chen et al.   PROCEEDINGS OF THE NATIONAL ACADEMY OF SCIENCES OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA

Fast-cycling unit of root turnover in perennial herbaceous plants in a cold temperate ecosystem

(2016) Kai Sun et al.   Scientific Reports

Root traits explain observed tundra vegetation nitrogen uptake patterns: Implications for trait-based land models

(2016) Qing Zhu et al.   Journal of Geophysical Research-Biogeosciences

The global spectrum of plant form and function

(2015) Sandra Díaz et al.   NATURE

Integrated plant phenotypic responses to contrasting above- and below-ground resources: key roles of specific leaf area and root mass fraction

(2015) Grégoire T. Freschet et al.   NEW PHYTOLOGIST

Redefining fine roots improves understanding of below-ground contributions to terrestrial biosphere processes

(2015) M. Luke McCormack et al.   NEW PHYTOLOGIST

Functional guild classification predicts the enzymatic role of fungi in litter and soil biogeochemistry

(2015) Jennifer M. Talbot et al.   SOIL BIOLOGY & BIOCHEMISTRY

Diversity of plant nutrient-acquisition strategies increases during long-term ecosystem development

(2015) Graham Zemunik et al.   Nature Plants

Simulating ectomycorrhizal fungi and their role in carbon and nitrogen cycling in forest ecosystems

(2014) G. Deckmyn et al.   CANADIAN JOURNAL OF FOREST RESEARCH

The world-wide ‘fast-slow’ plant economics spectrum: a traits manifesto

(2014) Peter B. Reich   JOURNAL OF ECOLOGY

The rhizosphere and hyphosphere differ in their impacts on carbon and nitrogen cycling in forests exposed to elevated CO2

(2014) Ina C. Meier et al.   NEW PHYTOLOGIST

Leading dimensions in absorptive root trait variation across 96 subtropical forest species

(2014) Deliang Kong et al.   NEW PHYTOLOGIST

Ectomycorrhizal fungi - potential organic matter decomposers, yet not saprotrophs

(2014) Björn D. Lindahl et al.   NEW PHYTOLOGIST

Going underground: root traits as drivers of ecosystem processes

(2014) Richard D. Bardgett et al.   TRENDS IN ECOLOGY & EVOLUTION

Modeling the carbon cost of plant nitrogen acquisition: Mycorrhizal trade-offs and multipath resistance uptake improve predictions of retranslocation

(2014) Edward R. Brzostek et al.   Journal of Geophysical Research-Biogeosciences

Variation of first-order root traits across climatic gradients and evolutionary trends in geological time

(2013) Weile Chen et al.   GLOBAL ECOLOGY AND BIOGEOGRAPHY

In situhigh-frequency observations of mycorrhizas

(2013) Michael F. Allen et al.   NEW PHYTOLOGIST

Are ectomycorrhizal fungi alleviating or aggravating nitrogen limitation of tree growth in boreal forests?

(2013) Torgny Näsholm et al.   NEW PHYTOLOGIST

Biological nitrogen fixation: rates, patterns and ecological controls in terrestrial ecosystems

(2013) P. M. Vitousek et al.   PHILOSOPHICAL TRANSACTIONS OF THE ROYAL SOCIETY B-BIOLOGICAL SCIENCES

The extent of mycorrhizal colonization of roots and its influence on plant growth and phosphorus content

(2013) Kathleen K. Treseder   PLANT AND SOIL

The production and turnover of extramatrical mycelium of ectomycorrhizal fungi in forest soils: role in carbon cycling

(2013) A. Ekblad et al.   PLANT AND SOIL

On the persistence of Cenococcum geophilum ectomycorrhizas and its implications for forest carbon and nutrient cycles

(2013) Christopher W. Fernandez et al.   SOIL BIOLOGY & BIOCHEMISTRY

Foraging strategies in trees of different root morphology: the role of root lifespan

(2013) T. S. Adams et al.   TREE PHYSIOLOGY

Evolutionary Patterns and Biogeochemical Significance of Angiosperm Root Traits

(2012) L. H. Comas et al.   INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF PLANT SCIENCES

Predicting fine root lifespan from plant functional traits in temperate trees

(2012) M. Luke McCormack et al.   NEW PHYTOLOGIST

Arbuscular Mycorrhizal Fungi Increase Organic Carbon Decomposition Under Elevated CO2

(2012) L. Cheng et al.   SCIENCE

Evidence of a strong coupling between root exudation, C and N availability, and stimulated SOM decomposition caused by rhizosphere priming effects

(2012) Per Bengtson et al.   Ecology and Evolution

Organic nutrient uptake by mycorrhizal fungi enhances ecosystem carbon storage: a model-based assessment

(2011) Kate H. Orwin et al.   ECOLOGY LETTERS

A meta-analysis of context-dependency in plant response to inoculation with mycorrhizal fungi

(2010) Jason D. Hoeksema et al.   ECOLOGY LETTERS

Enhanced root exudation induces microbial feedbacks to N cycling in a pine forest under long-term CO2 fumigation

(2010) Richard P. Phillips et al.   ECOLOGY LETTERS

AN ARCHITECTURAL APPROACH TO THE COMPARATIVE ECOLOGY OF PLANT ROOT SYSTEMS

(2010) A. H. FITTER   NEW PHYTOLOGIST

Arbuscular mycorrhizal fungi in alleviation of salt stress: a review

(2009) Heikham Evelin et al.   ANNALS OF BOTANY

Biological weathering and the long-term carbon cycle: integrating mycorrhizal evolution and function into the current paradigm

(2009) L. L. TAYLOR et al.   Geobiology

A dynamic model of nutrient uptake by root hairs

(2009) D. Leitner et al.   NEW PHYTOLOGIST

CO2enrichment increases carbon and nitrogen input from fine roots in a deciduous forest

(2008) Colleen M. Iversen et al.   NEW PHYTOLOGIST